| CPC F41A 9/70 (2013.01) [F41A 9/55 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
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1. An ammunition magazine for a firearm, comprising:
a magazine body defining an interior space in which a plurality of cartridges is receivable;
a follower in the interior space configured to bias the cartridges toward an upper end of the magazine body; and
a catch rotatably mounted to a forward wall of the magazine body, the catch biased rearwardly away from the forward wall and configured to hold a topmost cartridge received in the interior space in a substantially horizontal position within the upper end of the magazine body until an advancing bolt of the firearm pushes the topmost cartridge toward a firing chamber of the firearm.
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